Fleet Street had to employ a wider sporting agenda than might have been anticipated with the England cricket team setting a surprise pace with victory over Australia. Against that Serena Williams winning the Wimbledon crown for an astonishing sixth time might have seemed routine but the American deserved all the praise she had coming her way after dealing with the challenge of Spain's Garbine Muguruza.
Williams has now won 21 Grand Slam titles in the Open Era and sits one behind Steffi Graf. She has all the motivation she needs heading for the US Open with the so called 'Serena Slam' now achieved.
As Jim White said in the Sunday Telegraph: "She has frequently claimed over the past fortnight that she is playing these days entirely for fun. If so, it was fun driven by a guttural howl. Growing angrier and more intense, she was thumping the ball back at Muguruza in a manner so furious it insisted the ball had done her some personal harm. Shot after shot flew across the net fired by naked aggression as the Spaniard tried to match her opponent's every ferocious thump."
In The Observer Kevin Mitchell quoted Williams: "I just keep reinventing myself in terms of working out. I've never loved working out.
"When I started I would always ride the bike, work on my legs. Right now, I'm dancing a lot."
Now Wimbledon has to await the destiny of the men's title with the top two seeds Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, both previous champions but each seeking another title, rightly clashing in the final.
Novak has this belief. He thinks he is the best, untouchable
Djokovic said: "Playing Roger here is probably the biggest challenge I can have. This is where he plays his best tennis. It's his court, he loves it, and he usually rises to the occasion. When it matters the most he is at his toughest,and that is why he is a big champion."
In the Sun on Sunday, Goran Ivanisevic says: "Novak has a Balkan mentality, one of the things that has made us successful in sport. It is positive arrogance. He has this belief. He thinks he is the best, untouchable. It's important to have this when you step on the court, you say 'I'm the best here, I'm going to beat you all."
In the Sunday Times Hugh McIlvanney makes these points: "For several seasons now, thrilling performances and compelling statistics have been declaring that this is the age of Novak Djokovic.
"But out on Centre Court today Federer will attempt for the second successive year to show Djokovic and everybody else that his talent is too close to miraculous to tolerate the dictates of the calendar. Last summer he didn't yield to the Serb until the fifth set of a riveting men's final, and the dazzling form with which he systematically overwhelmed Murray in their semi-final on Friday caused some judges to expect even more from him this afternoon."
In the Mail on Sunday, Mike Dickson writes: "Roger Federer rides a wave of global popularity and that only seems to grows he gets closer to his tennis dotage. Not that there is any sign of old age in his remarkable take-down of Andy Murray on Friday evening.
"The crowd might be more of a factor today because Djokovic has not always reacted positively to being the less favoured of the two players. It can both irk him and have a somewhat subduing effect - and there is no gravitational pull willing him to a first title here as he already has two of them."
